Posts Tagged ‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’
Part D drug price “negotiation” comes at cost of jobs, investment, cures
Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 12. Included in the law is a provision that gives Medicare Part D the ability to “negotiate” the price of medicines for the first time. Negotiate is in quotation marks because lawmakers are being ironic; no one can legitimately call the new price-setting policy a negotiation.
Read MoreCMS decision not to cover Alzheimer’s treatment a bad one
CMS decision not to cover Alzheimer’s treatment a bad one NCBIO stands in solidarity with patient advocates and industry leaders in opposing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ draft proposal to restrict coverage for current and future Alzheimer’s drugs targeting beta amyloid, a known hallmark of the disease. Restricting coverage is a bad idea…
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